Hair-pin.



No. 816,956. PATENT-ED APR. 3, 1906 G. H. BIGELOW.

HAIR-PIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, @905.

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To all whom may concern.-

he it lrnown thst l, Gnonon lillilFliLi'lND lHiIGELOW, e. citizen of the United States, and Y o resident of Son Francisco, in the county of Son Francisco and State of California, have invented chew and useful improvement in Heir-Pins, of which the following is s. specifi- .ostion.

My invention is on improvement in hoirpins, homing for an object to provide it heir-- pin that will he eflective to support the heir, will not accidentally slip from piece, and provided with moons for readily and uiclrly removing the pin l'rorn the heir, the nondle posed as to secure an errongernent of the legs of the pin in diilerentplanes, so one leg may readily slide heck of the other in pressing'the pin into the heir end, in removing the pin, as will be described; and the invention consists in certein novel constructlons and combinations of ports, as will he hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is or side view, on edge view, of u pin embodying my invention. Figs. 2, 2 3, 3, 4, l 5, 5 rind 6, 6, respectively, illustrate side and edge views of pins di 'ering somewhat from that show. in his 1. end l and embodying some of the hroa principles of my invention.

A feature of my invention is tion of the pin A with its legs l3 and B how ing, one or both, inwardly projecting "portions "which overlep the opposite leg. in the oonstruction shown in Fig. l the two is 's B end B are rovided at about their mid les with y-projeeting portions 32 and b, which hre approximately uniform and synunetricsl roject past each other and post a. control ine drown through the pin when the point is at rest, as shown in Fig. 1, the ere tremities of the pin being flared, forming diinwerdlw projecting portions of the legs. ldfhen the 7 ins are formed with the member or members ving the inwardly-projecting ortions, if the pin .et its top or loop is er ectly straight the legs have to twist sliglitly in passing each other, so that they do not Freserve the desired relation at their tiered ower ends. To remedy this, I provide the pine with offsets at C (see Figs. 1 end I) end preferabl moire this offset by extending one of the lsterelly-bent fingenhold E longer then the opposite arm D of the sold finger-hold, so that the leg B will stand in the reenol'the leg B of the pin and both legsthe oonstruc-- overlapping will extend formed in the opposite ends of the pin. In;

stood that in parallel throughout their lengths. This is wellillustreted in Fig. l and pre sents s. similar form of pin embodying this feoturc of my invention. The diverging uidlug-fingers ll end B facilitate the insertion of the pin in the hair and the crossing portion st the middle of the pin prevents its socidentol displacement.

lrlenifestl y the crossed portion. of the pin at s point midway between its ends may be vuried in its hum, and variations may result in the oilset portion. C, resulting from the entertsion oi one side arm of the lingenhold E forther then the other arm. I have illustrated ditli'erent forms in Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive. In some of these figures-Figs 2, 3, and 4, forinstence---l oth legs of the pin are provided with the isword]y-projecting portions overlapping eech other, wlnle in Figs. 5 and 6 the crossing of the legs is effected by on inward projection on one leg only but it will he understood that i do IIOlJClGSHQ to be limited in the broad features of my invention to any porticuler form cl crossing midway between the ends of the pin. It may he )referred for some reasons, however, to employ the construction of pin shown in Fig. 2, which coinrlses :1 single piece of wire doubled to form a cop at its middle and diverging sides, one of the sides hsvlng an inwerdly-projecting crimp a and the other member of the leg l1eving on inward bend a the loop at the top of the pin being provided with a. lateral offset or projection to bring the leg carrying the inword bend. of to u plane in rear of the leg hoviug the crimp o". It will else he understood that it may he preferred in some instances to em iloy the psrticulor construction 3) b, (shown in l ig. 1,) in which symmetrical bends are the construction shown in Fig. 2 the loop is bent to form e. finger-hold E, with its arm 1) extended to form an offset C, and itsurrn l) may be shorter than the arm. D, as well shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. It will he undersecuring the pin the finger-hold ll! at the'top of the pin. and the arm D, ex tended to form the oliset C, is arranged below the other arm Di of the pin and being made longer then the seid arm l) forms {an offset and also olds in providing an eflicie 1t linger hold for use in ti. thdrewing the pin, v The pins l {shown in Figs. 3 and 3%) G, (shown in Figs. 4i and 492) ll, (shown in Figs.

5 and 5 end 1 (shown in higs. 6 and 3 are provide a finger-hold with an offset to secure the desired arrangement of the legs of the pin to operate one in rear of the other and yet extend parallel with each other throughout their lengths.

It will be understood that the in may be made of wire or of bone, or she l, or other suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. A hairin comprising a sin le piece of wire double to form a loop anc diverging sides and having the sides or legs overlapping at a point between the ends of the pin and having the diverging guiding-fin ers below the said overlapping portions, the loop at the top of the pin having one arm made longer than the other whereby to provide an offset in connection with one of the legs of the pin to set the latter in rear of the other leg, sub stantially as set forth.

.2. A hair-pin bent having its legs overlapping between its ends and between their ends, and having at its bend an offset whereby one leg of the pin is arranged in rear of the other to permit the legs to extend parallel with each other and to operate alongside of each other, substantially as described.

3. A hair-pin consisting of a single piece of Wire doubled to form a loop at its upper end and diverging side members, the upper portion of the loop being bent outward to form a finger-hold one side of which is lower than the other, which lower side projects beyond the opposite leg of the pin to allow the le in connection therewith to ass over the other leg and one of the legs ot the pin having an inwardly-projecting crimp and the other leg having an inwardly-projecting bend with the point of the bend overla ping the crimp of the opposite member, an diverging guiding fingers below the crimp and bend, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE HEFFLANT BIGELOW.

Witnesses:

HENRY M. MoGrLL, J. H. JORDAN. 

